Expose codec level through CodecContext

av/codec/context.py

@@ -661,6 +661,19 @@ def profile(self, value):
                 return
             i += 1
 
+    @property
+    def level(self):
+        """Codec level.
+
+        Wraps :ffmpeg:`AVCodecContext.level`.
+
+        """
+        return self.ptr.level
+
+    @level.setter
+    def level(self, value: cython.int):
+        self.ptr.level = value
+
     @property
     def time_base(self):
         if self.is_decoder:

av/codec/context.pyi

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class CodecContext:
     type: Literal["video", "audio", "data", "subtitle", "attachment"]
     options: dict[str, str]
     profile: str | None
+    level: int
     @property
     def profiles(self) -> list[str]: ...
     extradata: bytes | None

include/avcodec.pxd

@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ cdef extern from "libavcodec/avcodec.h" nogil:
         int thread_type
         int bits_per_coded_sample
         int profile
+        int level
         AVDiscard skip_frame
 
         int subtitle_header_size

tests/test_codec_context.py

@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ def test_global_quality(self):
         ctx.global_quality = 5
         assert ctx.global_quality == 5
 
+    def test_level(self):
+        with av.open(fate_suite("h264/interlaced_crop.mp4")) as container:
+            assert container.streams.video[0].codec_context.level == 41
+
+        ctx = Codec("mpeg4", "w").create()
+        ctx.level = 5
+        assert ctx.level == 5
+
     def test_skip_frame_default(self):
         ctx = Codec("png", "w").create()
         assert ctx.skip_frame == "DEFAULT"